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Jim Lockard

@jimlockard.bsky.social
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Live in Lyon, France. Author, blogger, speaker, lifelong student. Progressive, liberal, spiritual. Into wine, food, travel. No chat. From Baltimore, MD Blog: NewThoughtEvolutionary.Wordpress.com Image is of a figure from the Abbey at Cluny, FR

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h
Subverting democracy isn't new to John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, or Amy Coney Barrett. All three were on George W. Bush's "Florida Recount Team," which lay the groundwork for stopping vote counting in Florida—and Bush v. Gore, the politically-motivated SCOTUS decision that gave Bush the election.
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 14h
Scrolling cleanser: #BlueGrass #RocketMan www.youtube.com/watch?v=forq...
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An amazing bluegrass cover of "Rocket Man".
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 14h
Morning #BlueSky Does individuation do away with conflicts? That would mean you would come to a complete standstill. Individuation, on the contrary, means intense consciousness of conflict. You never will be saved from conflict as long as you live, otherwise you would be dead before you die.~CG Jung
Image of C.G. Jung smoking a pipe with quote text: "The world hangs on a thin thread, and that thread is the psyche of man."

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“Does individuation do away with conflicts? That would mean you would come to a complete standstill. Individuation, on the contrary, means intense consciousness of conflict. You never will be saved from conflict as long as you live, otherwise you would be dead before you die.” ~ C.G. Jung
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17h
"An ambulance was seen arriving at the prison where Pike was to be executed and then leaving. Medical aid was being administered, according to online federal court records." The utter absurdity of the state trying twice to kill someone and then calling an ambulance. We must end the death penalty.
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Tennessee inmate still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyer says
Christa Pike, 50, was 18 when she murdered a classmate. She would be the first woman the state has executed in more than 200 years.
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 16h
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 21h
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 22h
Meditation 2 (2024) - Thomas Bossard (b.1971)
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 20h
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17h
September 30, 2026
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A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mentions on Fox shows of the very newsworthy confrontation between Schmitt and Jack Smith: Ingraham (7-8pm): 0 Watters (8-9): 0 Hannity (9-10): 0 Gutfeld (10-11): 0 Fox & Friends this AM: 0
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Space VFX @spacevfx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Golden dust swirls in the velvet dark, A spiral of fire, a celestial spark. Stars bloom like embers in the deep, Waking the cosmos from its sleep. Through the void, a radiant stream, The universe unfolds its ancient dream.
A luminous golden spiral galaxy with a bright central core and a broad, dusty band resembling the Milky Way.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you're having trouble visualizing 57 men ignored an attack on another human, this might help. 57 people is 11 basketball teams + 2 5 football teams + 2 A school bus full of children Four 12-person felony juries, plus nine people. That's how many men failed to help this poor woman. #Cornell7
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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can’t wait for this day.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
September 29, 2026
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The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good Morning #BlueSky "You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you." ~ Robert Anton Wilson "The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly." ~ Robert Anton Wilson
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"You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you." ~ Robert Anton Wilson

"The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous, rather than cowardly." ~ Robert Anton Wilson
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Jon Danziger @danziger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You know, it’s actually kind of thrilling, watching someone commit career suicide in just a couple of minutes.
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Maybe put this on your refrigerator and a copy on your dashboard.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good Morning #BlueSky "To be completely honest with oneself is the very best effort a human being can make." "Without love we fall ill." "From error to error one discovers the entire truth." “Patients derive a certain satisfaction from their sufferings." ~ Sigmund Freud #Freud
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"To be completely honest with oneself is the very best effort a human being can make." 

"Without love we fall ill." 

"From error to error one discovers the entire truth." 

“Patients derive a certain satisfaction from their sufferings." ~ Sigmund Freud
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
He harvests invasive purple sea urchins destroying California kelp forests, and still pays the fish tax like everyone else
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good Morning #BlueSky “Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it.” ~C. Assaad “Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.” ~Hugh Mackay
Image of a French farmhouse in Beaujolais that I took.

Quotes: Good Morning #BlueSky

“Close your eyes and imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it.” ~C. Assaad

“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.” ~Hugh Mackay
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not making it up: Just boarded a Southwest flight and as I passed the cockpit, pilot and copilot were telling a flight attendant about being furries. Regrettably for the intellectual powerhouse that is the U.S. senator from Alabama, in the next breath they started laughing and called him an idiot.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
Texas peeps You may have recently registered and think it’s a done deal. Read the below. Urgently double check that you’re actually registered to vote. 👉🏾 Iwillvote.com 
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ever notice how everyone screaming about cutting social security as an 'entitlement' are the politicians who will retire with a comfy pension or the obscenely wealthy who have enough money for a thousand lifetimes? Raise the damn cap!!!
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”? www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/25/w...
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Why Can’t the Mainstream Media Say “Psychopathic Narcissist”?
Narcissism: Marked by grandiosity, pride, arrogance, and a constant need for attention and admiration. Psychopathy: Characterized by high impulsivity,
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:
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“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banks
Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“From Bordeaux to Paris, via Rennes in Brittany and Die in the southeast, thousands – 120,000, according to organizers – turned out ‘for the climate, for life, for peace, for social justice.’”
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ScribeMarjie ✍️🎨🫏🇺🇦🇨🇦 @scribemarjie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What is wrong with these idiots? wapo.st/4AyAxDh
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👇👇
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David Newman @forwardfaith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Best post of the day even though it’s still early.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"We cannot and will not allow them to take the majority in the Congress." That's Speaker Mike Johnson in Dallas. Judge Luttig thinks you should take it seriously. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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Never trumper Ever @okieblue54.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Never in my lifetime did I think the United States of America would be voting against condemning a Communist Dictator for invading a sovereign democratic nation. Donald Trump and the Republican Party have brought nothing but shame to our nation.
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A new post on my NewThoughtEvolutionary Blog: THE TYRANNY OF THE “LEVEL PLAYING FIELD” – PART 1 There is NO sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to CHANGE.”~Anne Morrow Lindbergh #change #newthought #Unity #weareCSL newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/09/26/t...
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THE TYRANNY OF THE “LEVEL PLAYING FIELD” – PART 1
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit …
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Jim Lockard @jimlockard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good Morning #BlueSky “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley “But I don’t want comfort. I want poetry. I want danger. I want freedom. I want goodness. I want sin.” ~ Aldous Huxley
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Quotes: Good Morning #BlueSky

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley

“But I don’t want comfort. I want poetry. I want danger. I want freedom. I want goodness. I want sin.” ~ Aldous Huxley
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
September 26, 2026
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Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.
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haversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two galaxies are colliding 60 million light-years away - and this is what it looks like
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Happy213 @happy213.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Los Angeles 👇👇
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. If turnips were swords, I'd have one at my side. If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, There'd be no work for tinkers' hands." —Scottish Proverb, 1628
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🤬🤬🤬 Vote EARLY! #nokings
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